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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What material is the spring house made of at the plantation?
(a) Stone.
(b) Tin.
(c) Wood.
(d) Adobe.

2. What does Mammy tell Sarny to bring to her as she makes her way to the slave quarters in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Whiskey to drink.
(b) Tobacco to put on her wounds.
(c) Water to drink.
(d) Clothing to cover herself.

3. What major theme of the novel emerges in Chapter 3?
(a) Longing and forbidden love.
(b) Political corruption.
(c) The pain of betrayal.
(d) The importance of literacy.

4. What place does Sarny describe in the end of Chapter 5?
(a) The North.
(b) The cemetery.
(c) Hell.
(d) Heaven.

5. Why does Mammy pray in the manner that she does?
(a) She is Muslim.
(b) Slaves are forbidden to pray.
(c) She is practicing witchcraft.
(d) She is worshiping African deities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sarny compare the color of John's skin with in Chapter 3?

2. How would you describe the treatment of the slaves on Waller's plantation?

3. What does Sarny say the master did when Alice was unwilling in the breeding shed in Chapter 4?

4. What does Sarny think about when she finally lays down in bed at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What is the name of the field hand who assists in holding down John for his punishment in Chapter 5?

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